President Trump’s Make America Healthy Again Commission blamed factors including bad diets, chemical exposure and unnecessary medication for causing childhood chronic illness in a highly anticipated report released [May 22].

“This is not, in any way, an attack on the American farmers or industry,” NIH director Jay Bhattacharya, a member of the commission, told reporters ….

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Farm groups worried ahead of the report’s release that it would target pesticides like glyphosate, which are widely used in agriculture. “American farmers rely on these products, and actions that further regulate or restrict crop protection tools beyond risk-based and scientific processes set forth by Congress must involve thoughtful consideration of what is necessary for adequate protection, alternatives, and cost of production,” the report states.

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The commission also questions the current U.S. childhood vaccine protocol and says vaccines would benefit from “more rigorous clinical trial designs.” Vaccines are already studied in large trials and subject to ongoing safety surveillance.

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